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April 1, 2013 8:38 PM

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Pakistani Wazeer Khan, 87, sits on a roadside near his home, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 1, 2013. Khan and his family fled Pakistan's tribal area of Bajur in 2009, due to fighting between the Taliban and the army, and took refuge in Islamabad. less

Pakistani Wazeer Khan, 87, sits on a roadside near his home, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 1, 2013. Khan and his family fled Pakistan's tribal area of Bajur in 2009, due to fighting ... more

Photo: Muhammed Muheisen, Associated Press

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Badam Zari, second from right, leaves the election office after filing her candidacy for Parliament in Khar, capital of the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur, Monday, April 1, 2013. A 40-year-old Pakistani housewife has made history by becoming the first woman to run for parliament from the country's northwest tribal region, a highly conservative area that is a haven for Islamist militants. less

Badam Zari, second from right, leaves the election office after filing her candidacy for Parliament in Khar, capital of the Pakistani tribal area of Bajur, Monday, April 1, 2013. A 40-year-old Pakistani ... more

Newspaper sellers wait for a bus after receiving newspapers from a wholesale dispatcher in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 1, 2013. For most people in Myanmar, it will be a novelty when privately run daily newspapers hit the streets on Monday. Many weren't even born when the late dictator Ne Win imposed a state monopoly on the daily press in the 1960s. less

Newspaper sellers wait for a bus after receiving newspapers from a wholesale dispatcher in Yangon, Myanmar, Monday, April 1, 2013. For most people in Myanmar, it will be a novelty when privately run daily ... more

A performer walk through the street during Lagos Carnival in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, April 1, 2013. Performers filled the streets of Lagos' islands Monday as part of the Lagos Carnival, a major festival in Nigeria's largest city during Easter weekend. less

A performer walk through the street during Lagos Carnival in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, April 1, 2013. Performers filled the streets of Lagos' islands Monday as part of the Lagos Carnival, a major festival in ... more

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Czech Republic skip Jiri Snitil makes a shot during a morning draw against Scotland at the World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Monday, April 1, 2013.

Czech Republic skip Jiri Snitil makes a shot during a morning draw against Scotland at the World Men's Curling Championship in Victoria, British Columbia, Monday, April 1, 2013.

Indian police officials detain Mohammad Ahsan Untoo, a human rights activist wearing a symbolic device to protest against illegal detention of political activists in in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 1, 2013. Many separatist political leaders and activists have recently been detained by police to prevent them from organising protests in demand of returning mortal remains of a Kashmiri Muslim Mohammad Afzal Guru who was executed and buried in a high security prison in Delhi on February 9, 2013 after being convicted for his role in a deadly attack on India's parliament in 2001. less

Indian police officials detain Mohammad Ahsan Untoo, a human rights activist wearing a symbolic device to protest against illegal detention of political activists in in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 1, ... more

Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families by 2010 floods from Pakistan's Sindh province, play on a trampoline without paying, after the owner of the trampoline left the place due to a heavy rainfall, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 1, 2013. Slums which are built on illegal lands have neither running water or sewage disposal. less

Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families by 2010 floods from Pakistan's Sindh province, play on a trampoline without paying, after the owner of the trampoline left the place due to a heavy ... more

Photo: Muhammed Muheisen, Associated Press

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Mourners grieve over the bodies of three men killed on Sunday, March 31, 2013 during a mass funeral in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 1, 2013. Assailants gunned down Sheikh Talib Youssef, a mosque preacher, along with his nephew Othman Khalil and another man on Sunday, residents say Sheikh Talib Youssef was one of the organizers of weekly Sunni demonstrations against the Shiite-led government that have been taking place for the past three months. less

Mourners grieve over the bodies of three men killed on Sunday, March 31, 2013 during a mass funeral in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 1, 2013. Assailants gunned down ... more

Photo: Bilal Fawzi, Associated Press

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Voodoo followers wearing white swim in a sacred pool during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Hundreds of Voodoo followers travel to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their devotion to the spirits. Voodoo was brought to Haiti by slaves from West Africa and is one of Haiti's three recognized religions. less

Voodoo followers wearing white swim in a sacred pool during a Voodoo ceremony in Souvenance, Haiti, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Hundreds of Voodoo followers travel to Souvenance over Easter weekend to show their ... more

Homeless and drug users wave behind a security barrier to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, not seen, as he makes his first visit ever to the area known as "Bronx Street" in Bogota, Colombia, Monday April 1, 2013. Santos described the notorious and dangerous neighborhood, mostly populated by drug users, drug dealers and homeless, as “a factory of evil” and saluted a campaign by the local Bogota government to clean up the widespread drug dealing and other crime in the area. less

Homeless and drug users wave behind a security barrier to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, not seen, as he makes his first visit ever to the area known as "Bronx Street" in Bogota, Colombia, Monday ... more

Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, center, is escorted to a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 1, 2013. The Basmanny District Court ruled to keep Udaltsov under house arrest until August 6. Udaltsov is accused of involvement in last May's protest that turned violent and of plotting mass riots. less

Russian opposition leader Sergei Udaltsov, center, is escorted to a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 1, 2013. The Basmanny District Court ruled to keep Udaltsov under house arrest until August 6. ... more